Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] ethtool: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 17:44:39 +0100

On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 05:26:02PM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 09:38:08AM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
> > getting ready to enable it, globally.
> > 
> > Move the conflicting declaration to the end of the structure. Notice
> > that `struct ethtool_dump` is a flexible structure --a structure that
> > contains a flexible-array member.
> > 
> > Fix the following warning:
> > ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4.h:1215:29: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email-masked]>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>

Sorry, one minor nit, after the fact.

cxgb4 would probably be a better prefix than ethtool for this patch.
But then it would conflict, by name, with

- [PATCH] cxgb4: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning
  https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZrD8vpfiYugd0cPQ@cute/